of moving here. We purchased 10 acres of land back in 1992 and felt now was the time to make our move. We had subscribed to the local newspaper and had it mailed to us in Fort Lauderdale. We began calling agents from their ads regarding properties they had for sale as we pondered the idea of selling our acreage and buying something already built. The real estate agents we spoke to understood our situation and were told upfront that we would not be doing anything for at least 6 months. The real estate agents would fax us or mail us the info we requested but that was the last we heard from them, at least until we called Tricia. I could tell Tricia was a go-getter from our telephone conversations. Then, she did the unthinkable... after faxing the info to us, she would follow up with a phone call. I must admit, we were really impressed with Tricia not only for her phone calls, but she never was rushing us, and seemed to understand that it would be some time until we actually purchased something. As time went on, she never called too often, but always stayed in touch and offered her services. About 3 months later, we decided it was time to meet Tricia and see some properties. She gladly lined up several properties for us to see and on a Sunday to boot. After spending the afternoon with Tricia, we realized it was going to be best for us to build on our land. Tricia helped us from start to finish in securing a builder and getting a deal done. Now came the sweet part. Since we were moving our home here, we now needed a place for our business. Well, guess who was there for us? Because of simple little things like follow-up phone calls, patience, and eagerness to help her customers, Tricia received the commissions for our home at $165,000, and our building for
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